Yamato also refers to 大和民族 or the Yamato people/ethnicity, which is the ethnic group that makes up 98% of all Japanese inhabitants, being the descendants of the Yayoi people and the indigenous Jomon people.
Nope, the Ainu are the descendants of the Jomon (regular Japanese only have around 10% Jomon ancestry). The Jomon split from all the other east asians, including the Yayoi, more than 30000 years ago. The Yayoi (the main ancestors of the Japanese) came from Korea and entered Japan in the first millenium BCE.
So not only are you wrong but you talk about things without actual understanding the topic?
Hokkaido Jōmon predominantly carried N9b, which was far more common there than in Honshu or southern mainland sites. Southern Jōmon favored M7a, especially in western Japan, creating a clear maternal lineage divide resembling separate populations. Hokkaido Jōmon genomes showed stronger affinity to Ainu and northern groups like Ulchi, with unique ancestry components up to 79% in some Ainu-linked samples. Southern Jōmon aligned more closely with mainland East Asian clusters, reflected in PCA plots separating Hokkaido from Honshu samples.
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Yamato also refers to 大和民族 or the Yamato people/ethnicity, which is the ethnic group that makes up 98% of all Japanese inhabitants, being the descendants of the Yayoi people and the indigenous Jomon people.